Carbonic-acid snow as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of diseases of the skin / by R. Cranston Low.

  • Robert Cranston Low
Date:
1911
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Credit: Carbonic-acid snow as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of diseases of the skin / by R. Cranston Low. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    last area was frozen, and before the frozen skin had had time to thaw out, the patient felt faint. She was immediately made to lie down, but owing to the weakening of the circulation the skin took much longer to thaw out than it should have done, and therefore the subsequent reaction, with some slough- ing, was much] more severe than was intended. In this case I do not think the fainting was due to the pain. The patient said that she fainted under the slightest provocation. If it be thought likely that the patient will faint, it is well to make her lie down whilst the snow is applied, and if she has fainted, to apply at once to the frozen area cloths soaked in hot water, so as to help to thaw it out as soon as possible. Carcinoma The subsequent development of carcinoma after applications of CO2 snow has been recorded by Jane- way. His patient was sixty years of age, atid had suffered from lupus erythematosus for thirty years. The disease was treated by freezing with CO2 snow, and one patch was frozen twice as long as the others. Two weeks later there was a definite swelling at the site of this patch, and on excision
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